Rubber Stamping - North Wales

Good morning ladies I have a member showcase today from Rita of Mold II.  At last weeks meeting for Mold II we did the aluminium tape & alcohol inks.  Well, Rita obviously quite took to it as Thursday (I think - but it might have been yesterday), she sent me this photo; Wow, Rita, that is some session you had there.  They look great & I do expecct to see some of them appearing in cards later.  

Good afternoon everyone. Another grey day but they are tempting us with news of a heatwave next week.  Fingers crossed. Today I have some photos from one of the Mold 2014 project books.  This one belongs to Clare & her theme was red, cream & black.  The ladies who filled pages in her book certainly did her proud; Well done everyone I hope you are all having a nice weekend.  Take care. More member news tomorrow.  'Bye for now.

Good afternoon everyone. What a dreadful morning - I haven't heard rain like that in ages - but then, perhaps you didn't get it over you. Today I have a member showcase for you & this time it is Betty from Mold II who has one of her cads featured in the latest issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft including a letter; Here is the card with the letter - it was rather a small photo of the card I have increased the size but I think it has affected its clarity. Well done, again, Betty - keep them going in. More member showcase in tomorrows post. Have a nice weekend. 'Bye for now.

Today is 29 May  & a CSNW club member has a birthday Happy Birthday Claire Have a lovely day Claire

Good afternoon ladies & today I have the photos from the project at Mold II's meeting, where we indulged in a little bit of playtime with alcohol inks. This morning I should have had a rubber stamping workshop (as I mentioned yesterday) & the subject was using alcohol inks - so I was definitely looking forward to having some more exposure to them - but the workshop was aborted as not enough of those booked on it turned up.  Ah well, such is life. The Mold II project was using alcohol inks, embossing folders & aluminium tape together & we used the technique to decorate some tags. Here are their photos & for a change some from me! This tag is the one I created during my demonstration. When the ladies went off to play I decided I would do some more playing myself. So whilst I still had quite a damp felt pad I coloured a domino that I had in my box. This is the tag & domino I decorated next.    Hmmm - I want to play some more. ...

Good afternoon everyone. Today I have the photos from last night's Mold II meeting & they are of their Show & Tell where the theme was to make a card using the Pointillism (their interpretation) style. We had quite a small gathering last night as several ladies were absent - so only 8 of us, including me. Here are their cards; This lovely little hedgehog is by Annette.  I love the idea of attaching the little tag with a brad to make it look like he is holding it. Betty chose to use the design that Janet (from Mold club) had given Mold II group when she showed them the technique.  Lovely subtle colouring Betty & I like that you used the dotted background as Janet had suggested. This lovely CAS design is from Carolyn.  I think it shows that this doesn't always need lots of colour. This cute little teddy is from Elma - his fur looks almost real - quite curly These colourful trio of ices is from Lin. Good enough to eat, Lin...

Good afternoon ladies Today I have some photos of two 90th birthday cards I made over the weekend. They are both for the same lady, a colleague. One I was asked to make to be given to her from the group that we both have an interest in & the other was a personal one from Bob & I. This is the one sent from the group Here is a side view of it as I made a type of easel card. The card came with the shaped top & I used some Couture dies that I purchased from C&C. Some pink gems for some bling & a silver 90 & "Happy Birthday" peel-off. This is the one from Bob & I made with a Tonic die.  Again gems for bling, a silver die-cut butterfly & a silver 90 peel-off.  I cut the circular greeting from the blue card then mounted it on white card & repositioned back in the aperture on sticky pads to raise it a little. Sorry! no stamping on these two. I took them to her today along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers from t...

Good afternoon - well here are the photos  (at last -  do I hear you say!) - of the project from Molds May meeting last Thursday. The project for the evening was taken by Carolyn of Mold II club & was that lovely Diorama card & here are the ladies hard at work; & here are their cards; This lovely peaceful garden scene was made by Fiona. A cute owl family made by Clare This beautiful large butterfly card was made by Yvonne, & it is a stamped butterfly too. A pretty decoupaged floral image from Jo (Brookes) & another flower decoupage this time from Maureen This is a very interesting design - the background paper which is in black & white has had a couple of matching flowers cut out & coloured & then layered back onto the background.  Very effective. Oops nearly forgot to say - this was made by Joan (Brown) Ah! more owls - aren't they cute! Nice CAS design by Mair. ...

Good morning everyone Today Bob & I are off to visit his brother who has been very poorly & is in a Nursing home, then after that visit we are going to meet up with one of his friends for a meal & good old natter. This means I won't have time to move the Mold club photos from my phone to my laptop until tomorrow, so I thought I would show you just a couple of photos from our holiday in Jersey back in April; The view from our room overlooking the marina A slightly different view A close up of Elizabeth Castle Island which you can see in the background of the photo above The little boat/bus that runs between the mainland & Elizabeth Castle At high tide it is a boat. I have some more photos of our holiday to show you - but will use them as fillers between crafty posts. Have a nice day.  'Bye for now.

Good evening everyone - just before I show you this birthday card - a little chat about last night's Mold meeting. We had Carolyn from Mold II show the ladies how to make that lovely Diorama card.  Now true to how I manage things these days - I forgot to take my camera, but I was saved because I had my phone.  So tomorrow I will be putting those photos on my laptop to show to you. Before that I must once again thank Carolyn for coming along & showing this card - it was really well received & the ladies were very pleased with their cards. Earlier today I spent a few hours with Caroline - browsing garden centres & having a coffee & a chat. Yesterday was Carolines birthday & it is her card that I am showing you today; The colour has not quite come out right - it was more of a deep violet red than this.  The background is one of Carolines own texture mats which I have had for a long time & recently when looking through a box of things saw ...

Good morning everyone. I wonder where Tuesday went!  In the morning I had a Crochet workshop down at Daleside which went very well - then in the afternoon I cleared my desk of stamps & inks etc from some earlier stamping work. Afterwards I decided what other cards there were to make & sorted out the items for those.  Before you know where you are - Tuesday gone. Today I am having a card making & card preparation day.  But I also have a photo for you of a recently made clean & simple birthday card; On Monday I went to the Happy Stampers club meeting & one of our members was showing the masking technique.  Now most of us use this technique & sometimes those of us who show people "how to" ideas, forget that there are always newbies coming along.  So, it was quite refreshing to watch the techniques being demo'd again, & it set me off thinking of the way I had used it in the past & that meant that this card was born. I u...